Burns Beats Hart por Pezegulo-Titolo

Sur februaro 23, 1906, Monda Pezegulboksooĉampiono Marvin Hart defendis sian titolon en Los-Anĝeleso. Kiam James J. Jeffries demisiis kiel pezego-ĉampiono, Hart kaj Jack Sharkey batalis por la vaka titolo. Hart estis la surprizgajninto de la batalo.

Hart rifuzis kontraŭbatali Jack Johnson, la agnoskita plej bona pezegulo. Anstataŭe li kontraŭbatalis Tommy Burns, a 5’07” lerta boksisto. Due to his height, Burns often entered fights as the betting underdog but often won with his superior skill.

Burns was again the underdog but you couldn’t tell it by looking at Marvin Hart. At the end of the 20-round bout, Hart’s eyes were swollen shut, his lip was so swollen he couldn’t speak and his face was covered in blood. Tommy Brulvundoj’ face was unmarked.

Hart lasted the entire 20-rounds but the fight probably should have been stopped. Hart could say he went the distance but at a terrible price. Unbelievably, Hart tried to say he thought the decision was his even after failing to land a single significant blow during the fight.

From the opening round, Hart swung wildly at Burns, who parried the blows away and fired back jabs and hooks at Hart. By the fourth round, Hart’s left eye began to swell. Both eyes were swollen shut by the tenth round. In the eighth, fourteenth and eighteenth round, Burns almost knocked Hart out. After Burns hit Hart with 11 unanswered shots in the fourteenth round, the bout should have been stopped.

After the twentieth round, Burns was awarded a unanimous decision. Burns immediately signed a vaudeville contract and started touring for the next six months.

Burns was always a consummate businessman. After finishing the tour, he would defend the over the next two and a half years. Burns continued to use his superior boxing skills to dispatch all challengers, while he waited for the right money offer to defend his title against the great Jack Johnson.

Marvin Hart, who stood 5’11” Kaj pezita inter 185 Kaj 195 Funtoj, continued fighting until 1910 although he never challenged for the title again. A tough but sloppy puncher, Hart won many fights due to his durability and power.

When Hart died in 1931 #?E 55 Jaroj de #a?o, his wife Florence revealed something else about Hart. He fought most of his career including his world heavyweight reign while being blind in one eye. Hart may have lost his title but he was still a tough champion.

Tommy Burns still holds the distinction of being the shortest heavyweight champion in history. A long shot to win the title, he would reign for three years and defeat 11 challengers. His reign would last until he accepted the challenge of one of the Top 10 greatest heavyweight boxing champions in history. Not bad for a little guy.

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Fontoj: The New York Evening World, Februaro 24, 1906, P. 6

 

 

 

 

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